on stun

prepositional phrase

An intensity setting of the fictional phaser energy weapon, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69), which non-lethally stuns its target.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. literatureAn intensity setting of the fictional phaser energy weapon, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69), which non-lethally stuns its target.

    Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun."

    1966 September 8, George Clayton Johnson, The Man Trap (Star Trek), season 1, episode 1
  2. idiomaticinformal(usually after a plural noun), to a degree that is stunning.

    It's all happening at once, right? All news streams on stun. Everything happening at the same time.

    2020 September 28, The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow (actor)
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APA

on stun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20stun

MLA

“on stun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20stun. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on stun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20stun.

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